TVN24 is a Polish 24-hour commercial
news channel
News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or telev ...
, launched on 9 August 2001. Being a part of the TVN Network, TVN24 has been owned since July 2017 by
US-based media company
Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at 230 Park Avenue South in New York City. It was formed after the spin-off of WarnerMedia by AT&T, and its merger with Di ...
. It gained broader popularity after the
September 11, 2001 attacks in the US, which was the first major incident to be covered by TVN24. It is available over all digital platforms in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
(
Cyfrowy Polsat and
nc+) as well as in most cable networks and some networks in other countries, including USA (
Dish Network) and Germany. The audio portion of the channel can be streamed on the internet.
Launched on 30 November 2012, TVN24 is the longest-established
HD news channel in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
and
East-Central Europe.
The TVN24 team is also responsible for the
TVN TVN may refer to:
* TVN (Australian TV channel), a former horse racing channel
* Televisión Nacional de Chile, a public broadcaster
* TVN (Indonesia), a former television station; predecessor of Rajawali Televisi
* TVN (Norway), or TVNorge, a comm ...
flagship newscast,
Fakty TVN. During major events (most recently
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commer ...
,
Pope John Paul II's death and
the Polish presidential plane crash), TVN24 is transmitted by
TVN TVN may refer to:
* TVN (Australian TV channel), a former horse racing channel
* Televisión Nacional de Chile, a public broadcaster
* TVN (Indonesia), a former television station; predecessor of Rajawali Televisi
* TVN (Norway), or TVNorge, a comm ...
which has much wider broadcast range.
On 6 February 2018, the
European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...
approved the
Discovery (now
Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at 230 Park Avenue South in New York City. It was formed after the spin-off of WarnerMedia by AT&T, and its merger with Di ...
) acquisition deal. Since
Liberty Global, which operates pay television services in Poland under the
UPC Polska brand, is a major shareholder in Discovery Inc, EU competition law required that Discovery ensures the continued availability of TVN24 and
TVN24 BiS to third-party TV providers.
Online
TVN24 debuted its news websit
tvn24.plon 19 March 2007.
TVN24 HD
A one of TVN's planned channel is a TVN24 HD. Test & official start of the TVN24 HD started on 30 November 2012.
Editorial stance and reception
TVN24 tends to be strongly critical of the Polish government under the
Law and Justice (PiS) party.
[Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski & Roland Benedikter]
Poland Is Not Hungary: A Response to "Poland's Constitutional Crisis"
, ''Foreign Affairs'' (21 September 2016). Historian and columnist
Timothy Garton Ash has praised ''Fakty TVN'', writing that it is far more professional than
Telewizja Polska
Telewizja Polska S.A. (; "Polish Television"; TVP), also known in English as the public Polish Television is a Polish state media corporation. It is the largest Polish television network, although viewership has been declining in the 2010s.
Sinc ...
's (TVP) ''
Wiadomości
''Wiadomości'' (''News'', ) is the chief Polish news program produced by Telewizja Polska and broadcast on the first channel, TVP1. The main edition is transmitted daily at 7:30p.m. CET. It premiered on 18 November 1989 and succeeded the '' Dz ...
'' (News).
[Timothy Garton Ash]
For a bitter taste of Polish populism, just watch the evening news
, ''The Guardian'' (25 June 2020). Ash wrote in 2019: "The ''Facts'' is not
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
...
-style impartial: it clearly favours a more liberal, pro-European Poland and is strongly anti-
. But unlike the so-called ''News'', it is still definitely professional, high quality, reality-based journalism."